VITAL STATISTICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 153, 1 July 1931, Page 8

VITAL STATISTICS.

INCREASE IN DEATHS. j ;' DECLINE IN MARRIAGES. TJiere.JiaVe.bVen ; 180 "fewer marriages in Auckland!in.the. first' six inon'ths'>bi' this year. .than, .in tlie corresponding period. last .year. The .figures are 925 and .1114 .respectively. There : was a decrease . iii. the. number of marriages before . the. .registrar,, .this, year's • figures being. 255, .as .against .266 .last year. . . .j • Last month there were 233 births, an increase of, 10 -on tire same month last year, but there was a decrease. over, the six-monthly period, this year's figure being 1303, as against 1373 last year, i The following-are the figures for the first six months of 19-31 as' compared with the same period '.in ,1930: — Marriages •■••■■-■ •■■-■ 'by : - I , . . Births.. Deaths. -Marriages. Registrar. IOSX .. J. 3.0.5. .. . 534 ' 925 . " '25S ! 1030 . . 1373 SIS 111-4 ; 266 j • WHANGAREI FIGURES. , ; . FEWER ". BIRTHS AND DEATHS. : , (F.row. Our- Own .Correspondent.) ■ • • ■ WHANGAREI, this day. Births for June this year = showed a slight decrease in numbers as compared I with the figures for June last, the totals- ! being 23 and 29, respectively. There was one more marriage, -nine being celebrated, as against eight. for ■ June of 1930. Nine ,deaths • were recorded . last month, as Against. 11 for the corresponding month of last year. '■